Rufus Sewell
Date of birth: 1967-10-29
Place of birth: Twickenham, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Руфус Сьюэлл, ルーファス・シーウェル, Rufus Frederik Sewell, روفوس سیول
Biography
Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the 2010 mini-series The Pillars of the Earth. Earlier he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. In 2003, he appeared in the lead role in Charles II: The Power and The Passion. He starred in the CBS drama Eleventh Hour which was cancelled in April 2009. On stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, which earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination for the latter performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus Sewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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The Illusionist
2006-08-18
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her
The Holiday
2006-12-05
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each wo
The Legend of Zorro
2005-10-24
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood ca
Paris Je T'aime
2006-06-21
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished director
Dark City
1998-02-27
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish wor
Bless the Child
2000-08-11
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's hear
Scoop
2024-03-27
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of N
Higher Love
2001-05-02
Ross, who lives with his eccentric Uncle Cullen, is desperately trying to become a successful busine
The Very Thought of You
1998-05-08
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overt
Dangerous Beauty
1998-02-20
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, ca
Cold Comfort Farm
1995-01-01
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphane
Tristan & Isolde
2006-04-07
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spell
A Knight's Tale
2001-05-11
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenl
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
2001-12-20
Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her
Amazing Grace
2006-09-16
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along
Extreme Ops
2002-11-27
While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terroris
The Tourist
2010-12-08
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to
Vinyan
2008-08-30
Six months after losing her only child in the Southeast Asia tsunami, Jeanne is convinced she sees h
Victory
1996-12-13
Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Suraba
The Uninvited
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Rose and Sammy enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a
Downloading Nancy
2008-01-21
When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy,
A Man of No Importance
1994-12-24
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quie
Dirty Weekend
1993-10-29
Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and general
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012-06-20
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush va
All That I Am
A heroic true story about four German-Jewish literati-turned-anti-Nazi activists who are forced to f
Illuminata
1998-05-21
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company o
The Woodlanders
1998-02-06
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant
Hotel Noir
2012-10-09
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During
Twenty-one
1991-10-04
Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on t
All Things To All Men
2013-04-05
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Hercules
2014-07-23
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battl
In a Savage Land
1999-10-21
Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research
The Sea
2013-06-23
A man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death
The Devil's Hand
2014-10-10
Five young Amish girls accused of being Satan's children must fight for their lives when their devou
The Last Romantics
1992-03-29
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and
Victoria Station
2003-11-02
A controller in a London cab office looks for a driver to pick up a fare from Victoria Station. The
Henry IV
1995-10-27
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embitter
Hamlet
1996-12-25
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the
I'll Follow You Down
2013-07-28
After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope,
Out of the Blue
2006-09-11
Told from the point of view of an English trader working in the North Tower of the World Trade Centr
Dirtysomething
1994-04-06
Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and
Killing Jesus
2015-04-05
Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry were subject to seismic social and political events that led t
Gods of Egypt
2016-02-25
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
The Trouble with Jessica
2024-04-05
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed
Citizen Locke
1994-04-30
Story of John Locke...
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015-08-21
Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving t
Rise
2016-02-19
In the near future, sentient robots are targeted for elimination after they develop emotional symmet
The Brunchers
2014-04-12
A thirty something couple, concerned that they're out of touch and no longer fashionable, decide to
Carrington
1995-05-25
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey.
Judy
2019-09-27
Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives i
The Taming of the Shrew
2005-11-21
A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader.
The Father
2020-12-23
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his chan
Old
2021-07-21
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
2002-06-04
A closer look into the filmmaking of Brian Helgeland's "A Knight's Tale".
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
2019-06-18
Seven romantic comedies from the UK, Australia, and the US explore our modern romantic entanglements
Mr. Sunny Sky
Leonard Moore is a once chart-topping pop star now lounge singer at a mid-budget Canary Island hotel
Dangerous Liaisons
2014-01-01
Return to Dark City
2025-06-24
Documentary about Dark City featuring interviews with director Alex Proyas, producer Andrew Mason, p
Billion Dollar Spy
Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the late Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, an ordinary man who risk